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Objectives:. Understand course viewpoint: Portfolio Manger. Understand portfolio manager incentives. Understand two main types of funds. Understand benchmarks. Viewpoint. I assume you want to be a portfolio manager. Portfolio Manager / Hedge Fund Incentives. Expense ratio

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  1. Objectives: • Understand course viewpoint: Portfolio Manger. • Understand portfolio manager incentives. • Understand two main types of funds. • Understand benchmarks.

  2. Viewpoint • I assume you want to be a portfolio manager.

  3. Portfolio Manager / Hedge Fund Incentives • Expense ratio • Used by mutual funds & ETFs. • Usually less than 1%. • “Two and twenty” • Classic structure for hedge funds. • $1M with 20% / year = $60K/year. • How/why different?

  4. How to Attract Investors? Know your audience: • Individuals • Institutions: • Harvard Foundation • CalPERS • Funds of Funds

  5. How to Attract Investors? • Must have track record, or • Very compelling story and back test. • Fit in a “pigeon hole?” • What do investors want to see?

  6. Two Main Types of Fund Goals • Reference to a benchmark (pigeon hole). • Absolute return.

  7. Example: Compare with Benchmark Thanks Lucena Research

  8. What are Investors Looking For?

  9. Common Metrics • Annual return. • Risk: Standard deviation of return. • Risk: Draw down. • Reward/Risk: Sharpe Ratio. • Reward/Risk: Sortino Ratio. • Jensen’s Alpha.

  10. Example

  11. Annual Return • metric = (value[end]/value[start]) – 1 • Example: $100 to $110: • (110/100) – 1 = 0.10 = 10%

  12. Standard Deviation of Daily Return • daily_rets[i] = (value[i]/value[i-1]) – 1 • std_metric = stdev(daily_rets)

  13. Max Draw Down

  14. Sharpe Ratio • metric = (average(daily_rets)/stdev(daily_rets)) * sqrt(250)

  15. Homework 1 • Find online broker to “paper trade.” • Invest $1M in 4 equities. • Assess your portfolio for 2011: • Annual return • Average daily return • Stdev of daily return • Sharpe Ratio • Compare with benchmark: SPY • Submit • .pdf printout of your spreadsheet. • Screenshot of your portfolio online.

  16. Demo Using Excel

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